Flying Head
- Date created
- 1970
- Culture/People
- Tuscarora
- Artist/Maker
- Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1971; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Place
- Tuscarora Reservation; Niagara County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Tuscarora
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/1281
- Barcode
- 261281.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Flying Head
- Object Name
- Sculpture (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, incised
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 12.2 x 16.2 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_277378